Help identifying a wall color (I know the chances are slim, but...)
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Comments (68)roseabbey, The 'one up' thing doesn't always apply to the way paint works present day -- because paint color strips are not all created equal. Back in the day, there was a lot more consistency and 'one up' kinda sorta could really mean something. Now-a-days if you go one shade lighter, it's a real possibility that it's not the same color that you initially chose. A lighter color, yes, but very characteristically different than the darker color on the strip. Not all paint color strips are the same - these days they're arranged in all sorts of ways. Sometimes, 'one up' is a viable option because the strip really is a progression of color arranged lighter to darker. Oftentimes, that's not the case. The strip is comprised of anywhere from five to seven colors that can be very similar, but are essentially different colors. The way to manage and determine what is too dark, too light or just right is primarily by using LRV. Light Reflectance Value. The number is a consistent piece of data that tells you a lot about how light or how dark a color can look/feel. LRV is especially useful if you have paid attention to it over time and have benchmarks for you, your house that you can refer to when choosing what colors to sample....See MoreAnother Finished White Kitchen...But I have morgue drawers
Comments (105)ejbrymom, yes I do like the Kitchen Aid. I am not a big cook but I do like the Power burner. (Plus I liked the look of it.) The tile is from a local store in MN. I am sure if you Google it you can find a retailer in your area. Thanks for the compliments. Fun to see people like it after three years. Hi hockeychik. It is hard to believe it has been three years. Just when all the remodeling nightmares went away I decided to start on the second floor. Nothing compared to the first floor (and no kitchen.) Good luck with your kitchen! bostonpam, let's get some morgue drawers on the East Coast! Thanks for the walk down memory lane. It is so nice not to be TKO. It is so funny to think how bad I was. Could have used an intervention but I hung around a site with some worse than me ;-o...See Moreplease help identify this paint color!
Comments (7)I've had terrific success with Valspar paints and I'm so sorry yayagal didn't! I wonder if s/he got a bad batch? (I did the gingham laundry room project, the fuchsia powder room, the mattress ticking stripes and the ode to 'Opium' all using Valspar paints. All but the powder room were seriously labor-intensive, and I would NOT have wasted my time on a subpar paint. I wouldn't want anyone to waste their time!) Can you pop into a Lowe's with a laptop / pad and show them this pic? At our local Lowe's they are so sweet, so wanting to help....See MoreI think this beats it all...in fact i know it! Help
Comments (38)Wow. I first want to thank Francy for defending me. Gloating??? Whats that supposed to mean? Maybe I should let you all know I will go check out the messed up slab, It is a full hours drive from my home (drag), I work full time and have 3 kids self explanitory. The reason this was the G.C. fault is he found this fabricator he met with him he told him to bid the job with a double bull nose edge. When i was given the verbal estimate i said it sounded good. From ther I was told to go pick out my slabs did it. The G.C. asked me what edge detail I wanted and he said great that should be even less then the double bull nose, He then gave the fabricator the go ahead the fabricator went and picked up the slabs and fabricated them as my G. C. said with the bouble bull nose edge. The G.C. never told the fabricator what edge I wanted he just never told him what i had wanted. That is the bottom line he never told him what i wanted he only assumed it was going to be a bullnose, Why i dont know but i never ever said i was even remotely interested in this edge. As far as my G.C. he knows he made a huge mistake he absolutely has apologized up and down and yes i feel bad for him but i have been planning this project for over 2 years and i am not readdy to sacfrifice my choices for his mistakes. He even says "well this is why you dot youre I's and cross youre T's ". Will this affect the rest of our project I think not he has more to lose in this then us. And i would not have gone with this guy if i thought he was going to be a bad guy to work with. He knows that if this project goes well we will tell all our friends and family how wonderfull he was through all this and then there is the alternative. You know i also want to add that i had called my contractor last monday morning around 6:00 because i could not sleep the night before you know those nights when you just have so many things going on in youre head about the project and i remembered that i never met the fabricator and it really bothered me, so i told this to my G.C. and he said dont worry about it i have it under control. I even specifically asked him "even the straight edge?" and he assured me it was all taken care of. So Please remember to follow youre gut feeling and when you do things like this usually wont happen....See MoreRelated Professionals
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